Posted on 02/25/2017 5:44:43 AM PST by sodpoodle
Misinterpreting the Words
When my twin daughters were young, I taught them to say this prayer before going to bed. As I listened outside their door, I could hear them say, "Give us this steak and daily bread, and forgive us our mattresses." My husband and I always had a good laugh over this. That was over 50 years ago, and the memory still remains in my heart.
Groton, Mass. My mother spent her early childhood saying, "Hail Mary, full of grapes"
Missoula, Mont. My son, who is in nursery school, said, "Our Father, who art in Heaven, how didja know my name?"
Uniontown, Ohio I remember thinking this prayer was "Give us this day our jelly bread."
Covina, Calif. I recall reading something years ago about the Pledge of Allegiance. Some child thought it began, "I led the pigeons to the flag."
Cleveland, Ohio When I was little, I often wondered who Richard Stands was. You know: "I pledge allegiance to the flag . . . And to the republic for Richard Stands."
Tampa, Fla. When my husband was 6 years old, he thought a certain Prayer was "He suffered under a bunch of violets." The real words were "under Pontius Pilate," but at that age, he didn't know better. To this day, we still snicker in church whenever that prayer is read.
Grand Junction, Colo. When I was younger, I believed the line was "Lead a snot into temptation." I thought I was praying for my little sister to get into trouble.
When we were growing up to save grocery pennies we often shopped at the Hostess outlet store. Everybody, including us, called it the Day-old Bread Store.
My next younger brother loved to run around the house just sing the end of Angels We Have Heard On High as, “In excelsis day-old bread.”
Lol!
I also thought the Lord’s Prayer said, “And lead a snot into temptation” !!!
I never could understand it. It seemed so aggressive compared to the rest of it. Plus to our family we understood that “snot” was a cuss word that no one should say, so what was it doing in a prayer we had to know ??!
In did make be hope I would never be a snot, however ...
Ah, we called it the Used Bread Store. We shopped at the used clothing store, used furniture store, used car lot, and used bread store. My kids (38 & 40 you) still call it that.
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